SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2015 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Cisco Systems

Cisco UCS B420 M4 (Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3, 2.90
GHz)

CPU2006 license: 9019 Test date: Jul-2015
Test sponsor: Cisco Systems Hardware Availability: Jun-2015
Tested by: Cisco Systems Software Availability: Nov-2014
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.20 GHz
CPU MHz: 2900
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4 chip
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 30 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 512 GB (32 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2133P-R)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 300 GB SAS, 15K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
3.12.28-4-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 15.0.0.090 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 15.0.0.090 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: xfs
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: None

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Copies Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Copies Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio
Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement.
410.bwaves 48 538 1210 538 1210 538 1210 48 538 1210 538 1210 538 1210
416.gamess 48 974 965 976 963 980 959 48 930 1010 935 1010 933 1010
433.milc 48 389 1130 389 1130 389 1130 48 388 1140 388 1140 388 1130
434.zeusmp 48 351 1250 348 1260 348 1260 48 351 1250 348 1260 348 1260
435.gromacs 48 302 1140 304 1130 304 1130 48 297 1150 297 1150 297 1160
436.cactusADM 48 432 1330 433 1320 433 1320 48 432 1330 433 1320 433 1320
437.leslie3d 48 608 742 607 743 608 742 24 240 941 240 941 238 948
444.namd 48 503 765 503 765 502 767 48 492 783 493 781 497 775
447.dealII 48 363 1510 363 1510 362 1520 48 363 1510 363 1510 362 1520
450.soplex 48 506 790 507 790 506 791 24 267 751 266 752 266 751
453.povray 48 193 1320 192 1330 193 1320 48 175 1460 173 1470 172 1480
454.calculix 48 265 1490 267 1480 268 1480 48 265 1490 267 1480 268 1480
459.GemsFDTD 48 746 683 744 685 745 684 48 746 683 744 685 745 684
465.tonto 48 412 1150 413 1140 411 1150 48 383 1230 390 1210 381 1240
470.lbm 48 521 1270 520 1270 521 1270 48 521 1270 520 1270 521 1270
481.wrf 48 399 1340 397 1350 397 1350 48 402 1330 398 1350 405 1320
482.sphinx3 48 858 1090 855 1090 853 1100 48 846 1110 849 1100 846 1110

Submit Notes

 The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit'
 was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor.
 For details, please see the config file.

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"

Platform Notes

BIOS Configuraton:
CPU performance set to Enterprise
Power Technology set to Energy-Efficient
Energy Performance BIAS setting set to Balanced Performance
Memory RAS configuration set to Maximum Performance
LV DDR Mode set to Performance-mode
 Sysinfo program /opt/cpu2006-1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6914
 $Rev: 6914 $ $Date:: 2014-06-25 #$ e3fbb8667b5a285932ceab81e28219e1
 running on linux-616o Wed Jul 22 03:15:47 2015

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4655 v3 @ 2.90GHz
       4 "physical id"s (chips)
       48 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent.  The
    following excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with
    caution.)
       cpu cores : 6
       siblings  : 12
       physical 0: cores 1 3 5 9 11 12
       physical 1: cores 1 3 5 9 11 12
       physical 2: cores 1 3 5 9 11 12
       physical 3: cores 1 3 5 9 11 12
    cache size : 30720 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       529334820 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 12
       PATCHLEVEL = 0
       # This file is deprecated and will be removed in a future service pack or
       release.
       # Please check /etc/os-release for details about this release.
    os-release:
       NAME="SLES"
       VERSION="12"
       VERSION_ID="12"
       PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12"
       ID="sles"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
       CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:12"

 uname -a:
    Linux linux-616o 3.12.28-4-default #1 SMP Thu Sep 25 17:02:34 UTC 2014
    (9879bd4) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Jul 21 17:21

 SPEC is set to: /opt/cpu2006-1.2
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sdc2      xfs   250G   11G  240G   5% /
 Additional information from dmidecode:

    Warning: Use caution when you interpret this section. The 'dmidecode' program
    reads system data which is "intended to allow hardware to be accurately
    determined", but the intent may not be met, as there are frequent changes to
    hardware, firmware, and the "DMTF SMBIOS" standard.

   BIOS Cisco Systems, Inc. B420M4.2.2.5.0.043020152304 04/30/2015
   Memory:
    32x 0xCE00 M393A2G40DB0-CPB 16 GB 2 rank 2133 MHz
    16x NO DIMM NO DIMM

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/opt/cpu2006-1.2/libs/32:/opt/cpu2006-1.2/libs/64:/opt/cpu2006-1.2/sh"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i5-4670K CPU + 16GB
 memory using RedHat EL 7.0
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
 numactl --interleave=all runspec <etc>

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

Base Portability Flags

410.bwaves:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
416.gamess:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
433.milc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
434.zeusmp:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
435.gromacs:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
436.cactusADM:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
437.leslie3d:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
444.namd:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
447.dealII:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
450.soplex:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
453.povray:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
454.calculix:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
459.GemsFDTD:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
465.tonto:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
470.lbm:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
482.sphinx3:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m64 
450.soplex:  icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/composer_xe_2015/lib/ia32 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

Peak Portability Flags

410.bwaves:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
416.gamess:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
433.milc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
434.zeusmp:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
435.gromacs:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
436.cactusADM:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
437.leslie3d:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
444.namd:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
447.dealII:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
453.povray:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
454.calculix:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
459.GemsFDTD:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
465.tonto:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
470.lbm:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
482.sphinx3:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3   -unroll2 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  basepeak = yes 
416.gamess:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -scalar-rep- 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch 
459.GemsFDTD:  basepeak = yes 
465.tonto:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  basepeak = yes 
481.wrf:  -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -auto-ilp32 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic15.0-official-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revC.20150812.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic15.0-official-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revC.20150812.xml.